4/5 The Amazing Race Australia Season 2 Boardwalk Empire Season 1 Boss Firefly Game of Thrones Season 1 Game of Thrones Season 2 Mike & Molly Season 1 Mike & Molly Season 2 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Parenthood Season 1 Psych Season 6 Ross Kemp: Back on the Frontline The Scapegoat Sherlock Holmes Series 2 Silk Series 2 Strikeback Season 3 The Syndicate Series 1

3/5 The Amazing Race Season 20 Blackout The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (X-mas pilot and Series 1) Borgen The Borgias (Season 2) Britain's Got Talent Burn Notice Season 6 Celebrity Apprentice (US) Celebrity Masterchef Common Law DI Banks Endeavour Fairly Legal Season 2 Franklin and Bash Season 2 The Good Wife Season 3 The Great British Bake Off Hart of Dixie Hawaii Five-0 Season 2 Hell on Wheels House Season 8 Hustle Series 8 In Plain Sight Season 5 Kidnap and Ransom Series 2 The Killing Season 2 Mary Portas: Made in Britain Masterchef The Mentalist Season 4 NCIS Season 9 Person of Interest Political Animals Season 1 Revenge Rizzoli and Isles Season 3 Ross Kemp: Extreme World Series 2 Scott and Bailey Series 2 Southland Season 1 Southland Season 2 Suits Season 2 Three Men Go to New England Top Gear Veep Vera Series 2 Whitechapel Series 3

2/5 Alan Partridge : Welcome to the Places of My Life Alcatraz The Apprentice / You're Fired / You're Hired Channel 4's Comedy Gala Chuck Season 5 Dancing on Ice The Fabulous Baker Brothers The Finder The Firm Grey's Anatomy Season 8 Leverage Season 5 Luck A Mother's Son Nikita Season 2 Prime Suspect (2011) Round Ireland with a Fridge Scandal Survivor Season 24 Top Chef Season 9 Unforgettable The Voice World Without End Wrestlemania

I'm going out to the states to redeem the social outcasts. My only real ambition is to cultivate Texas. I love Texas. You must watch "The last picture show". That film! It was my first real sexual relationship.

77. Brazil with Michael Palin The weakest of Palin's travel shows. 4 episodes was no way near enough, so much crammed each each one that a lot barely registers. But Palin's as enjoyable to watch as ever and it's always interesting.

161. The Dark Charisma Of Adolf Hitler Laurence Rees has given us some very good documentaries about WWII and the Nazis, but this really wasn't one of them.

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The Office (US): Season 8 (2011-12)  This is not a great season of television. Catherine Tate is bad, Robert California (James Spader) is possibly the worst character ever on TV  completely offputting, dislikeable, unrealistic and, most damagingly, unfunny, sucking the life out of the programme  and the first half of the season is shockingly lazy and directionless, serving up a host of pointless, self-contained episodes (special mention for Gettysburg and Pool Party, which are just abysmal, though Mrs California and Christmas Wishes actually aren't bad). Everything's too bright, and too boring, and it all feels terribly sad. Then, from out of nowhere, the writers find some decent jokes and some real stories to tell that last for more than 22 minutes, sending half the central characters to Tallahassee, sending Dwight sick with ambition, creating some genuine stakes and breathing life back into this once-great ensemble. The final 11 episodes aren't exactly vintage Office, but they're vastly superior to what went before, with proper laugh-out-loud moments (Jim's botched drug deal was his best prank in a while) and a bit of heart. From thinking I might not even finish this season, I'm now looking forward  if somewhat vaguely  to seeing the final one. Creed is still the funniest thing on show, especially his attempt at personal defence. (2.5)

52. Homeland, series 2 Certainly not as good as S1. Very silly in places but gripping.

56. Alphas, series 2 61. Burn Notice, series 4

76. Merlin, series 5 The finale went for bittersweet and emotional but ended up being pants, and the impression is given that they decided S5 was the end halfway through the penultimate episode. Last 5 minutes aside Ive always enjoyed this show and am sad to see it go.

84. American Dad, series 7 91. Man About The House, series 4 92. Man About The House, series 5 93. Scandal, series 1 100. According To Jim, series 8

109. The Fear Yay for Peter Mullan.

113. Secret State Yay for Gabriel Byrne.

125. Doc Martin, series 5 167. The Town

170. Misfits, series 4 Getting a bit bored with this now.

181. The Hour, series 2

192. The Chicago Code Expected better from the creator of The Shield

198. The Secret Of Crickley Hall Ineffective horror

207. The Poison Tree

Single shows30. James Bond: The 50th Anniversary Gala Concert Reminded me just how bad almost all Bond songs are.

31. Led Zeppelin Live in London 2007: Celebration Day A condensed version of the concert. A blessing really.

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Crazes: Game of Thrones, Community, reading lots of Sherlock Holmes inspired by the show, Continuing preoccupations: The Office US, Homeland (Moena Baccarin's boobs), Boardwalk Empire A few performances that stuck with me: Mandy Patinkin - Homeland, Roger Allam - The Thick of It, Bryan Cranston/Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad, Peter Dinklage/Jerome Flynn - Game of Thrones, Michael kenneth Williams and James Cromwell (in the few scenes he was in) - Boardwalk Empire, Robert Webb - Peep Show Stuff I caught up on: Community, The Tudors, Queer As Folk, The Killing Happiest surprises: Inigo Montoya in Homeland, Breaking Bad getting better and better Biggest disappointments: Louie - it had been built up so much for me and I found it so-so. Game of Thrones S2 getting a bit messy. Kelly Macdonald getting more and more irritating in Boardwalk Empire. The Thick of It ending. Not having as much time this year to dedicate to catching up on TV shows. Best shows: The Thick of It, Sherlock and Game of Thrones Worst shows: The Tudors and Downton Abbey Oddest shows: Derek - why the gurning? Some favourite moments: Chalky v Rosetti, Harrow tooling up and Al Capone's late appearance in Boardwalk Empire, Daenerys getting naked in Game of Thrones, Sherlock and Watson's chemistry, the tailor's shop getting attacked in Homeland, Walter White's descent into villainy, And some least favourite moments: Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Charlie Hunnam's acting in The Tudors and Queer As Folk respectively, Christopher Maloney in The X Factor - evil incarnate. I was bored by: Downton fucking Abbey.

Crazes: Dad's army, Everybody Loves Raymond Continuing preoccupations: TV taking over my film watching A few performances that stuck with me: The main cast of Dad's Army. paul Giamatti and Laura Linney in John Adams. Stuff I caught up on: Too much to mention Biggest disappointments: Most anything British. Best shows: Overall, Dad's Army, John Adams. New stuff - New Gitl, Homeland, Walking Dead Worst shows: Charlies's Angels, lots of UK two episode things. Oddest shows: Batman, but soooooooo good. Some favourite moments: Any time Jones speaks in Dad's Army, the John Hannah hamming it up superbly in Spartacus, a few unexpected deaths in The Walking Dead. And some least favourite moments: The last five minutes of Merlin. I was bored by: Reality TV

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Crazes: Half hour shows, and rewatching Whedon's TV stuff. Continuing preoccupations: Parks and Recreation, Community. A few performances that stuck with me: The cast of Archer; Everyone except Zachary Knighton on Happy Ending; Cheryl Hines, Allie Grant, Jane Levy, Carly Chaikin and in later episodes the guy who plays Ryan in Suburgatory; The three leads and Morgan Saylor in Homeland. Stuff I caught up on: Louie, Archer would be the main ones that I haven't seen already. Happiest surprises: Elisha Cuthbert being pretty damn funny in Happy Endings, Olivia Munn and Dev Patel being the best things about The Newsroom Biggest disappointments: Allison Pill on The Newsroom, Aaron Sorkin on The Newsroom, The Newsroom. Oddest shows: Louie and Black Mirror. They were all the better for it too. Worst show: A Touch of Cloth Some favourite moments: The Duckling two parter in Louie; Brody's interrogation in Homeland; Leslie in the voting booth and Leslie's closing remarks in The Debate in Parks; Dalia's viral video in Suburgatory; And some least favourite moments: The hit and run plot in Homeland; Aaron Sorkin's use of the Gabrielle Giffords story on The Newsroom. Best musical numbers: You Put A Spell on Me, I'll Never Tell, Walk Through The Fire, Life's A Show. I was bored by: A Touch of Cloth

27. Community, season 2 Amazingly good fun. A few episode didn't work. The christmas episode was a good idea but short on laughs and the drama didn't work. Same with Abed;s birthday ep. Not sure which my favourite was. The paintball episodes were great, loved the fake clip show and the one with Annie's missing pen was genius. I've been told that I'm basically Britta and I can kind of see that. Her trying to sing a Britney Spears song is remarkably similar to what I'd be like in that situation, text message emoticons are lost on me and I too have a discman and not an Ipod Still, it could be worse. At ;east I'm not Pierce!

67. Castle, season 2 Very enjoyable procedural.

171. Bag Of Bones Pure hokum and it occurred to me when watching that I've never read a King novel. I shall have to rectify that this year.

My top 100 for the year. All told I've seen just over 3000 episodes of TV

31. New Girl. season 1 32. Batman, season 1 33. Batman, season 2 34. The Closer, season 7 35. Stargate Universe, season 2 36. Once Upon A Time, season 1 37. Olympics Tonight 38. Sons Of Anarchy, season 4 39. Cheers, season 3 40. Cheers, season 2

51. Dharma and Greg, season 3 52. Dharma and Greg, season 2 53. Dharma and Greg, season 5 54. Homeland, season 2 55. The Nazis: A Warning From History 56. The Bridge, season 1 57. Justified, season 3 58. Alphas, season 2 59. The Tube 60. Psych, season 2

61. Criminal Minds, season 5 62. Criminal Minds, season 6 63, Burn Notice, season 4 64. Cracker, season 2 65. Grey's Anatomy, season 5 66. The Closer, season 6 67. Castle, season 2 68. Lovejoy, series 2 69. Only When I Laugh, series 1 70. Only When I Laugh, series 3

71. Only When I Laugh, series 2 72. Only When I Laugh, series 4 73. Lovejoy, season 4 74. Lovejoy, series 3 75. A Town Called Eureka, season 1 76. Cracker, series 1 77. Lie To me, season 2 78. NCIS, 8.24, season finale 79. Merlin, series 5 80. The Mentalist, season 4

81. American Dad, season 2 82. American Dad, season 4 83. American Dad, season 5 84. American Dad, season 3 85. American Dad, season 1 86. American Dad, season 6 87. American Dad, season 7 88. The Middle, season 1 89. The Killing US, season 2 90. Brazil with Michael Palin

91. Man About The House, season 1 92. Man About The House, season 2 93. Man About The House, season 3 94. Man About The House, series 4 95. Man About The House, series 5 96, Scandal, season 1 97. According To Jim, season 4 98. According To Jim, season 5 99. According To Jim, season 3 100. According to Jim, season 6

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